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$2,000 while giving a tax break of $250,000 to multimillionaires. doesn't mitt romney understand we can't rebuild america by tearing down the middle class. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. let me tell you how i will create 12 million jobs when president obama couldn't. first my energy independence policy means more than three million new jobs. many of them in manufacturing. my tax reform plan to lower rates for the middle class and for small business creates seven million more. and expanding trade, cracking down on china and improving job training takes us to over 12 million new jobs. i'm mitt romney,y, and d i approve is message.
$2,000 while giving a tax break of $250,000 to multimillionaires. doesn't mitt romney understand we can't rebuild america by tearing down the middle class. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. let me tell you how i will create 12 million jobs when president obama couldn't. first my energy independence policy means more than three million new jobs. many of them in manufacturing. my tax reform plan to lower rates for the middle class and for small business...
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more huge tax breaks skewed to the wealthy. while e cutting nearly eight hundred billion from medicaid... even though middle-class families rely on medicaid to help loved ones cover nursing-home care. and it helps parents support children with disabilities. if mitt romney really "cares," wouldn't we see it in his priorities? alexis dougli : i can remember when i was younger and... my family was not necessarily financially stable. we were poor. anncr: then alexis got a job at the mgm casino in michigan. and it changed her life. alexis: i started as a wardrobe clerk. but then i was able to work my way up. i got a 401k, i have health insurance... and i make great money. anncr: in maryland, question seven will create... twelve thousand jobs. from hotel and restaurant staff to accountants... and construction workers. alexis: if you want a great place to work with good pay... and great benefits, vote for question seven. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine the pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a qualifying pnc perfo
more huge tax breaks skewed to the wealthy. while e cutting nearly eight hundred billion from medicaid... even though middle-class families rely on medicaid to help loved ones cover nursing-home care. and it helps parents support children with disabilities. if mitt romney really "cares," wouldn't we see it in his priorities? alexis dougli : i can remember when i was younger and... my family was not necessarily financially stable. we were poor. anncr: then alexis got a job at the mgm...
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he nailed paul ryan a couple of times specificly on the lack of any details on the tax plan. sesecondlyly paul ryan's request fostimulus funds two w written requests. that was one of the few times that paul ryan knew better than to respond. >> what about medicare and social security and up with the middle-class and? >> could be your a all day. at least they had a discussion about the economy as opposed to lalast weekk in the one-sided coersation. something ey should have touched on was immigration and edation. but i think they were guided pretty much by the moderator. i think she did a great job in conducting this. i don't find the debate wanting on substantive issues. >> if you're my age and you are watching this thing and you're worried about m medicare and social security, charles, which of these individuals do believe? >> it depends on who you arere predisposed to believe. joe biden is a new deal liberal. whereas his own president is willing to contemplate, say, raising the retirementt age, joe biden said, no, we will not toucthese things. these things are sacred. everybo
he nailed paul ryan a couple of times specificly on the lack of any details on the tax plan. sesecondlyly paul ryan's request fostimulus funds two w written requests. that was one of the few times that paul ryan knew better than to respond. >> what about medicare and social security and up with the middle-class and? >> could be your a all day. at least they had a discussion about the economy as opposed to lalast weekk in the one-sided coersation. something ey should have touched on...
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they pay more effective tax and governor romney pays in its federal income taxes. >> nam le went after obama for his response to the u.s. consulate attack in libya. >> it took the president two weeks to acknowledge this was a terrorist attack. -- ryan went after obama. >> joe biden often laughed at ryan's arguments >> . joe biden understood he had to go out there and do what president obama failed to do last week. >> i thought joe biden was great to night. i cannot be prouder of him. >> i think the vice president knows that sometimes the words don't come out the right way. [laughter] >> but i always say what i mean. >> the next big debate is next tuesday when president obama and mitt romney will square off for the second round in new york. brandi hitt, abc news, ky. >> vice-president joe biden stirred up debate when he laughed and smiled several times during his face-off with ryan. two to accounts or prompted by this. >> talented mitt romney remains on the campaign trail with a stop in richmond later this morning. >> we have some news that may put a chill on your plans to eat ice cream
they pay more effective tax and governor romney pays in its federal income taxes. >> nam le went after obama for his response to the u.s. consulate attack in libya. >> it took the president two weeks to acknowledge this was a terrorist attack. -- ryan went after obama. >> joe biden often laughed at ryan's arguments >> . joe biden understood he had to go out there and do what president obama failed to do last week. >> i thought joe biden was great to night. i cannot...
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you're going have -- >> not raising taxes is not cutting taxes. by the war, our budget, 3% a year instead of 4.5%. >> let me calm down things here just for a minute and i want to talk to you very briefly before we go to closing statements about your own personal character. if you are elected, what could you both give to this country as a man, as a human being, that no one else could? >> honesty. no one else could? there are plenty of fine people who can lead this country. but what you need are people who, when they say they're going to do something, they go do it. what you need, are when people see problems, they offer solutions to fix those problems. we're not getting that. look, we can grow this economy faster. that's what our five-point plan is all about. it's about getting 12 million jobs, higher take home pay, getting people into the middle class. that means, going with proven pro-growth policies we know works to get people back to work. putting ideas on the table. working with democrats. that actually works. >> vice president, can we get to
you're going have -- >> not raising taxes is not cutting taxes. by the war, our budget, 3% a year instead of 4.5%. >> let me calm down things here just for a minute and i want to talk to you very briefly before we go to closing statements about your own personal character. if you are elected, what could you both give to this country as a man, as a human being, that no one else could? >> honesty. no one else could? there are plenty of fine people who can lead this country. but...
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they pay more tax than gov. romney pays. >> the moderator's as the setting was more intimate. >> the jabs at one another, it felt was more personal. >> both sides are claiming victory as the waste no time heading back out on the campaign trail to rally more support. >> it is basically a tie. joe biden brought energy. and paul ryan brought the seriousness the republicans needed. >> today on the campaign trail is back to business for both of them. joe biden will have to hire with mitt romney. first, fighting for virginia. a live picture ready to get under way in richmond. scott thuman is there with a report starting at 5:00 p.m. the meantime, coming up on news at noon, if either going to extremes to protect his children. what police are saying about this threat to shoot anyone who hits his child. and the secretary of defense setting up a warning about what he calls a cyber pearl harbor. what does that mean? first of the nationals are going to affect track work on metro this weekend. you might get a smoother ride.
they pay more tax than gov. romney pays. >> the moderator's as the setting was more intimate. >> the jabs at one another, it felt was more personal. >> both sides are claiming victory as the waste no time heading back out on the campaign trail to rally more support. >> it is basically a tie. joe biden brought energy. and paul ryan brought the seriousness the republicans needed. >> today on the campaign trail is back to business for both of them. joe biden will have...
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they pay more effective tax than governor romney pays on his federal income tax. >> reporter: ryan got personal. >> joe and i are from similar towns. he's from pennsylvania, i'm from wisconsin. you know what the unemployment rate in scranton is today? >> i sure do. >> it's 10%. >> yeah. >> you know what it was the day you guys came in? 8.5%. that's how it's going all around america. >> reporter: for a vice presidential debate, the stakes were high tonight. after mitt romney's big win in denver and president obama's no-show performance there, biden needed to stop the bleeding. ryan was going for the jugular, seeking to build the momentum republicans are feeling. >> the next time you hear them say, don't worry about it, we'll get a few wealthy people to pay their fair share, watch out, middle class. the tax bill is coming to you. >> reporter: there was a stark generation gap on that stage tonight. joe biden, born in 1942, is older than the baby boomers. paul ryan, born in 1970, is younger than the baby boomers. and ryan looks it. today, "time" magazine published photos taken last year an
they pay more effective tax than governor romney pays on his federal income tax. >> reporter: ryan got personal. >> joe and i are from similar towns. he's from pennsylvania, i'm from wisconsin. you know what the unemployment rate in scranton is today? >> i sure do. >> it's 10%. >> yeah. >> you know what it was the day you guys came in? 8.5%. that's how it's going all around america. >> reporter: for a vice presidential debate, the stakes were high...
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. >> that's how we cut taxes for middle class families and small businesses. that's how we cut a trillion dollars of spending that wasn't advancing that cause. >> here is the president's closing statement. and you can see at any point in there, we'll get a sense of how many people were agreeing, how many people were disagreeing. if people thought the president was spinning. or dodging a point. and you can see, put them side by side and look at the president's closing statement or governor romney's closing statement. let's hear a little bit from the governor now. >> i will not cut our commitment to our military. i will keep america strong. and get america's middle class working again. >> while the governor was making those statements, 164 reactions came in to us at wjla.com/react that they agreed with what the governor was saying. and also tell you that about the same time, 144 reactions were disagreeing with what governor romney said. so he actually got more likes during his close than the president. he also got more disagreement than the president did during
. >> that's how we cut taxes for middle class families and small businesses. that's how we cut a trillion dollars of spending that wasn't advancing that cause. >> here is the president's closing statement. and you can see at any point in there, we'll get a sense of how many people were agreeing, how many people were disagreeing. if people thought the president was spinning. or dodging a point. and you can see, put them side by side and look at the president's closing statement or...
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$2,000 while giving a tax break of $250,000 to multimillionaires. doesn't mitt romney understand we can't rebuild america by tearing down the middle class. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> an investigation says d.c. council member jim grant violated conduct standards when he was on the metro board. >> folks are tired hearing about ethical allegations. it involves a member who has had a very squeaky clean record. he is the council member for ward 1 and these latest allegations involve something that happened back in 2008 while he was on the d.c. council and also the metro board. according to an independent investigation, gramm allegedly told a developer who wanted to develop a project on metro land that they dropped out of that process, he would use his position on the d.c. council to possibly help them get a d.c. lottery related contract. the developer -- according to this report, what he did was a conflict of interest. they also said it was not putting the public first. these are not criminal charges it i
$2,000 while giving a tax break of $250,000 to multimillionaires. doesn't mitt romney understand we can't rebuild america by tearing down the middle class. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> an investigation says d.c. council member jim grant violated conduct standards when he was on the metro board. >> folks are tired hearing about ethical allegations. it involves a member who has had a very squeaky clean record. he is the council member...
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a very stark contrast on proposals for the bush tax cuts, about a proper pullout from afghanistan, and changes to medicare. paul ryan questioned several times about specific answer -- about specifics of loopholes. this was the exchange over jobs. >> you know what the unemployment rate in scranton is today? >> i sure do. >> 10%. in what it was the day you guys came in? 8.5%. that is how it is going all around american. >> look, you don't read the statistics. that is not the way it is going. >> what epitomized this entire races this back-and-forth and the opposing side debating their accuracy. >> with respect to that quote, i think the vice president's very well knows that sometimes the words don't come out of your mouth the right way. [laughter] >> that little soliloquy on 47% you think he just made a mistake and i have to brigitte. >> this was the back and forth all night long. people love to pick a winner after these. both stand their ground tonight. paul ryan did not appear to be a novice. he seemed to be very serious and on his game. joe biden did a good job at speaking to the ameri
a very stark contrast on proposals for the bush tax cuts, about a proper pullout from afghanistan, and changes to medicare. paul ryan questioned several times about specific answer -- about specifics of loopholes. this was the exchange over jobs. >> you know what the unemployment rate in scranton is today? >> i sure do. >> 10%. in what it was the day you guys came in? 8.5%. that is how it is going all around american. >> look, you don't read the statistics. that is not...
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like whether tax rates can be lowered without adding to the deficit. >> not mathematically possible. >> it is mathematically possible. it's been done before. it's precisely what we're proposing. >> it has never been done before. >> it's been done a couple of times, actually. >> it has never been done before. >> jack kennedy lowered tax rates, increased growth. ronald reagan -- >> oh, now you're jack kennedy? >> reporter: biden went right at ryan over mitt romney's controversial comments calling 47% of americans who don't pay income taxes irresponsible. >> the idea, if you heard that, that little sol little quill on 47%, you think he just made a mistake, then i got a bridge to sell you. >> i think the vice president very well knows sometimes the words don't come out of your mouth the right way. >> but i always say what i mean. >> reporter: when biden wasn't talking, he seemed oddly amused. by our count -- smiling or breaking out in laughter 92 separate times. expressive, often interrupting and occasionally personal. >> this is a bunch of stuff. look, here's the deal. >> what does that
like whether tax rates can be lowered without adding to the deficit. >> not mathematically possible. >> it is mathematically possible. it's been done before. it's precisely what we're proposing. >> it has never been done before. >> it's been done a couple of times, actually. >> it has never been done before. >> jack kennedy lowered tax rates, increased growth. ronald reagan -- >> oh, now you're jack kennedy? >> reporter: biden went right at ryan...
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romney tv ad: "according to an independent, non-partisan study, barack obama and the liberals will raise taxes on the middle class..."arrator: the chairman of that so-called independent group is from romney's former coany. dick cheney's on its board. newt gingrich was there too. it's not independent. it's just not true. >> the toyota sports desk. brought to you by your local tweeted dealers. -- toyota dealers. >> robert grifinfin iii has suffered a concussion today. let's recap today. second quarter scoreless until this incredible play. taking into the house. 28 yards, 7-0 skins. late in the second, billy conn deaf -- billy cundiff. i would expect a pink slip for him. he misses. marching down the field. 1-yard t.d. tying. 3rd quarter -- hitting close to home. when you run as a quarterback had slight that can happen. it did not look pretty. take another look. he was on the sidelines getting cared for. but he was taken back to the locker room for treatment. the falcons take a lead in the fourth. to santana moss -- a 77-yard touchdown. they are excited. turner taking the handoff up the middle. 24
romney tv ad: "according to an independent, non-partisan study, barack obama and the liberals will raise taxes on the middle class..."arrator: the chairman of that so-called independent group is from romney's former coany. dick cheney's on its board. newt gingrich was there too. it's not independent. it's just not true. >> the toyota sports desk. brought to you by your local tweeted dealers. -- toyota dealers. >> robert grifinfin iii has suffered a concussion today. let's...
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they pay more effective tax than governor romney pays in his federal income tax. >> reporter: ryan went after president obama for his response to the u.s. consulate attack in libya. >> it took the president two weeks to acknowledge that this was a terrorist attack. >> reporter: while biden challenged ryan's proposed changes to medicare. >> you are jeopardizing the program. you're changing the program from a guaranteed benefit. >> reporter: it was a more heated back and forth than the first presidential debate. and biden often laughed at ryan's arguments. >> joe biden understood tonight he had to go back out there and do what president obama failed to do last week. >> reporter: with the race still tight for president obama and mitt romney, watched closely. >> i thought joe biden was terrific tonight. i couldn't be prouder of him. >> reporter: and in the end, the running mates shared a few laughs. >> i think the vice president very well knows that sometimes the words don't come out of your mouth the right way. >> i always say what i mean. >> reporter: that got a lot of laughs last night.
they pay more effective tax than governor romney pays in his federal income tax. >> reporter: ryan went after president obama for his response to the u.s. consulate attack in libya. >> it took the president two weeks to acknowledge that this was a terrorist attack. >> reporter: while biden challenged ryan's proposed changes to medicare. >> you are jeopardizing the program. you're changing the program from a guaranteed benefit. >> reporter: it was a more heated back...
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lower taxes, increase growth. >> president barack obama and paul ryan delivered such differences on domestic and foreign policies including how to fix the economy. >> we're going in the wrong direction. look at where we are. the economy is barely limping along. >> that's a surprise for a guy that says 47% of the american people are unwilling to take responsibility. they'd pay more effective tax than governor romney. >> paul ryan went after obama. >> it took the unprecedented two weeks to acknowledge that this was a terrorist attack. >> biden challenged ryan's proposed changes to medicare. >> your changing the program from a guaranteed benefit. >> it was more of a back and forth than the first presidential debate. >> joe biden understood he had to go out there and do what president obama did not do last week. >> both president obama and mitt romney watched closely. >> i thought joe biden was terrific tonight. i could not be prouder of them. >> the running mates shared a few laps. >> i think the vice president very well knows that some commodities don't come out the right way. >> i always say
lower taxes, increase growth. >> president barack obama and paul ryan delivered such differences on domestic and foreign policies including how to fix the economy. >> we're going in the wrong direction. look at where we are. the economy is barely limping along. >> that's a surprise for a guy that says 47% of the american people are unwilling to take responsibility. they'd pay more effective tax than governor romney. >> paul ryan went after obama. >> it took the...
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vo: why won't romney lev with us about his tax plan, which gives the wealthy huge new tax breaks? because according to experts, he'd have to raise taxes on the middle class - or increasthe deficit to pay for it. if we can't trust him here... how could we ever trust him here? ♪ >>> i was wondering what dogs song we were going to pick for this story. loyalty is one of the reasons we love dogs. what this dog, whose named zander, tried to do was truly extraordinary. when zander's owner went to the hospital, he tracked him down. i was playing with zander. turns out, white shedding dogs and black suits, don't go so well. >> everybody in the studio is falling in love with zander this morning. good morning, america. i'm bianna golodryga, along with dan harris on this saturday, october 6th. >>> also this morning, the iconic game show, "the price is right," is doing something it's never done before. the show has been a favorite for decades. known as much for the models as the amazing prizes. you may be amazed seeing the newest face. >> i loved being sick on sick days watching "the price i
vo: why won't romney lev with us about his tax plan, which gives the wealthy huge new tax breaks? because according to experts, he'd have to raise taxes on the middle class - or increasthe deficit to pay for it. if we can't trust him here... how could we ever trust him here? ♪ >>> i was wondering what dogs song we were going to pick for this story. loyalty is one of the reasons we love dogs. what this dog, whose named zander, tried to do was truly extraordinary. when zander's owner...
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they pay more effective tax and governor romney pays in his federal income-tax. >> mitt romneypaul ryan went after. after >> it took the president two weeks to acknowledge this was a terrorist attacks. >> you are jeopardized and medicare and changing it from a guaranteed benefit. >> it was heated. joe biden often laughed at all right in opposing arguments. >> joe biden understood denied he had to do what president obama failed to do last week's. >> both president obama and mitt romney watched closely. >> i thought joe biden was terrific tonight. i cannot be prouder. >> and running mates even shared a few laughs. >> i think the vice president knows that sometimes the words don't come out of your mouth of the right way. [laughter] >> but i always say what i mean. >> the next big debate is next tuesday, when president obama and mitt romney will square off in round two in new york. brandi hitt, abc news, danville. >> it's 46 degrees outside on this friday morning. >> much more ahead. a d.c. council and talking to abc 7 news about a scandal. what do we do when something that's hard to paint
they pay more effective tax and governor romney pays in his federal income-tax. >> mitt romneypaul ryan went after. after >> it took the president two weeks to acknowledge this was a terrorist attacks. >> you are jeopardized and medicare and changing it from a guaranteed benefit. >> it was heated. joe biden often laughed at all right in opposing arguments. >> joe biden understood denied he had to do what president obama failed to do last week's. >> both...
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predict[ male announcer ] who will raise taxes on the middle class? according to an independent, non-partisan study, barack obama and the liberals will raise taxes on the middle class by $4,000. the sameme organization says the plan from mitt romney and common sense conservatives is "not a tax hike on the middle class." want proof? read the non-partisan study for y yourself at american.co. obama a his liberal allies? we can't afford four more years. i'm mitt romney and i approve is message. >>> from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live!" tonight -- megan mullally. from "dancing with the stars," drew lachey and helio castroneves. plus, music from father john misty. with cleto and the cletones. and now, if you haven't heard, here's jimmy kimmel. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you. that's very nice. i'm jimmy. i'm the host. thank you for watching. thank you for joining me, in my subterranean layer. i'm very happy to see you. how many of the people in this audience are on facebook? [ cheers ] i mean, not right now, right? la
predict[ male announcer ] who will raise taxes on the middle class? according to an independent, non-partisan study, barack obama and the liberals will raise taxes on the middle class by $4,000. the sameme organization says the plan from mitt romney and common sense conservatives is "not a tax hike on the middle class." want proof? read the non-partisan study for y yourself at american.co. obama a his liberal allies? we can't afford four more years. i'm mitt romney and i approve is...
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this is a tax in and of itself. i'll call it the economy tax. i'm not going to rg aise taxaxes onon anyone. my plan is to bring down rates to get more people working. my pority is putting people back to work in america. i'm mitt romney and i api ovove this message. ♪ put my love on top >>> from a labor of love to a source of inspiration. in an abc news exclusive, oprah winfrey talks about her school for girls in south africa, her pride over the first graduating class, and the special bond she shares with the students who call her mom oprah. good morning, america. i'm bianna golodryga. a project she's worked on for so many years. >> she is really emotional about this. good morning, everybody. i'm dan harris. this is sunday, october 14th. >>> also coming up, how far would you go if your pet went missing? coming up, the story of a chihuahua named myrtle. there she is, looking regal right there. the all-out search by her owner going digital and now getting a-list support. >> pets are like their family, right? all-out mission. >>> and a risky stunt
this is a tax in and of itself. i'll call it the economy tax. i'm not going to rg aise taxaxes onon anyone. my plan is to bring down rates to get more people working. my pority is putting people back to work in america. i'm mitt romney and i api ovove this message. ♪ put my love on top >>> from a labor of love to a source of inspiration. in an abc news exclusive, oprah winfrey talks about her school for girls in south africa, her pride over the first graduating class, and the special...
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don't raise taxes on small businesses. they're our job creators. >> smiling and laughing while congressman ryan was talking about serious issues. was his body language at all, his facial expressions counterproductive? >> not at all. i'm happy to defend my dad. i don't think he needs defending. anytime folks on the far right are going after my father for smiling too much, that's a victory. my father spoke clearly to the american people about the facts. he did that for 90 minutes straight. this is not about how much my father smiled or how many gallons of water the congressman drank nervously on the stage. it's about talking directly to the american people about very important facts. what you say from my father was him articulating the vision that he and the president have and continuing to build the middle class out and take the country forward. i was struck by paul ryan on a number of fronts. especially the position on afghanistan. i feel very strongly about that. >> i want to get to that -- go ahead, i'm sorry. >> yeah, s
don't raise taxes on small businesses. they're our job creators. >> smiling and laughing while congressman ryan was talking about serious issues. was his body language at all, his facial expressions counterproductive? >> not at all. i'm happy to defend my dad. i don't think he needs defending. anytime folks on the far right are going after my father for smiling too much, that's a victory. my father spoke clearly to the american people about the facts. he did that for 90 minutes...
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they pay more respective tax than governor romney pays in his federal income tax. >> reporter: ryan said the administration failed the middle class. >> we're going in the wrong direction. look where we are. the economy is barely limping along. >> reporter: side by side at the same table, biden and ryan were not shy about directly engaging each other. sometimes with harsh attacks. sometimes with humor. >> i think the vice president very well knows that sometimes the word don't come out of your mouth the right way. >> but i always say what i mean. >> reporter: with the polls tightening, the president needs to fire up his democratic base, while romney need to convert 2008 obama voters. rob, paula, last night here in kentucky, both of them got a lot of help from their running mates. >> karen, can we say there was a winner? can we call it a draw? i was looking at several polls, three gave it to paul ryan. three gave the to joe biden. was there a winner? or was this a tie? >> yeah, paula those instant reactions were showing voters were evenly split. but i think if you have to pick who really g
they pay more respective tax than governor romney pays in his federal income tax. >> reporter: ryan said the administration failed the middle class. >> we're going in the wrong direction. look where we are. the economy is barely limping along. >> reporter: side by side at the same table, biden and ryan were not shy about directly engaging each other. sometimes with harsh attacks. sometimes with humor. >> i think the vice president very well knows that sometimes the word...
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this is a tax in and of itself. i'll call it the economy tax. i'm not going to raise taxes on anyone. my plan is to bring down rates to gemore people working. my priority is putting people back to work in america. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. [ cheers and applause ] >>> d.j. kalkutta, there she is inside. happy crowd out there in times square. and everybody's rockin' inside, as well. they are moving. >> what's going on? >> wow. >> it sure is. >> robin, is boom, boom, pow'ing at home. robin is at home recovering from her bone marrow transplant. great to have amy here. >> we should explain why d.j. kalkutta is playing "boom, boom pow," because the stars are here, kevin james and henry winkler. there they are. >>> and our all-star reunion blowout week continues. "the larry sanders show." garry shandling and company, a show almost ahead of its time. jeffrey tambor. hey, now. >>> and bringing his own boom, boom, pow, chef michael symon. he's a carnivore, ladies and gentlemen. and proud of it. meat and so much more. >>> we have to finis
this is a tax in and of itself. i'll call it the economy tax. i'm not going to raise taxes on anyone. my plan is to bring down rates to gemore people working. my priority is putting people back to work in america. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. [ cheers and applause ] >>> d.j. kalkutta, there she is inside. happy crowd out there in times square. and everybody's rockin' inside, as well. they are moving. >> what's going on? >> wow. >> it sure is. >>...
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my tax reform plan to lower rates for the middle class and for small business creates seven million more. and expandining trade, cracking down on china and improving job training takes us to over 12 million new jobs. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. >> 6:45 right now. our partners at politico keeping an close eye on tonight's vice presidential debate. >> we thought this was going to be a draw. these are nice, smart guys. but there is a lot of pressure on both of them. either of the guys could be president now that the polls are so close. bis president biden wants to get back up the momentum. once to calmed down all of the supporters of the president. he is going to be out trying to win one of for the team. they have both been preparing. paul ryan has his two fat binders that he carries around the country with him. he has been watching videotapes on joe biden. they are very focused on the moderator of abc news. a reporter for the wall street journal -- they say he played the part in his prop. -- in his prep. >> speaking of martha, controversy surrounding her. president obama w
my tax reform plan to lower rates for the middle class and for small business creates seven million more. and expandining trade, cracking down on china and improving job training takes us to over 12 million new jobs. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. >> 6:45 right now. our partners at politico keeping an close eye on tonight's vice presidential debate. >> we thought this was going to be a draw. these are nice, smart guys. but there is a lot of pressure on both of them....
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$2,000, while giving a tax break of $250,000 to multimillionaires. doesn't mitt romney understad we can't rebuild america by tearing down the middle class. priorities usa action is responsible for the conontt of this advertising. >> live and in hd, this is an abc 7 news update. >> good morning. it is 7:26. i am cynne simpson. a grandmother and four children when flames ripped through their baltimore home. broke out before 2:00 morning. authorities say the children who were one, too, four and old. years man and two firefighters hurt. l people able to escape. word on what sparked the fire. and the nationals have to win against the cardinals if they want to keep playoff this july. were beat 8-0 yesterday. news channel 8 has more coming just an in-depth reporting minutes. out what is on the roads, angelo foster. multiple volume. in virginia, east of lanes open geared also inside the beltway. 95 moving well and to a solid backup on 395 heading to the 14th bridge. the maryland beltway, a couple earlier accidents. o 270. from 95 t >> it is going to be coole
$2,000, while giving a tax break of $250,000 to multimillionaires. doesn't mitt romney understad we can't rebuild america by tearing down the middle class. priorities usa action is responsible for the conontt of this advertising. >> live and in hd, this is an abc 7 news update. >> good morning. it is 7:26. i am cynne simpson. a grandmother and four children when flames ripped through their baltimore home. broke out before 2:00 morning. authorities say the children who were one, too,...
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governor romney's prescription is that -- if we cut taxes by $5 trillion, skewed toward the wealthy and roll back regulations that i have put in place, some how the economy is going to grow. i fundamentally disagree with that. >> your supporters say this wasn't a bad night. you didn't show up. >> it just looked li eed like t didn't want to be there, his mind wasn't on it, he dent want to engage. >> this is legendary strategist james carville. >> as i said there is no doubt that i can make a better case, which is why i am so looking forward to tuesday. >> again, why did it happen? al gore said was it the altitude? >> you know -- i am not going to speculate on that. >> a lesson learned from it? >> i do think one lesson learned is to make sure that people understand how much is at stake and how deeply i care about it. >> we asked the president if he is second guessing himself after that debate? >> i played a lot of sports when i was a kid and still do. if you have a bad game you just move on you. look forward to the next one. it makes you that much more determined. the difference between t
governor romney's prescription is that -- if we cut taxes by $5 trillion, skewed toward the wealthy and roll back regulations that i have put in place, some how the economy is going to grow. i fundamentally disagree with that. >> your supporters say this wasn't a bad night. you didn't show up. >> it just looked li eed like t didn't want to be there, his mind wasn't on it, he dent want to engage. >> this is legendary strategist james carville. >> as i said there is no...
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he improved his status and pretty much everything from september from taxes, medicare, jobs, women. >> and the, the jobs including question who would handle the e kb e -- economy better. everyone's number one issue. sliding up in that arena that bodes very, very well. >> we have to wait to wednesday to get the true breadth, predebate, debate and numbers, post jobs report numbers to come out. i think that will be fleshd out. >> some analysts say joe biden is feeling the heat. he need a strong debate. we'll see. >>> romney took on foreign policy yesterday in a speech at virginia military institute. he blasted current u.s. policy in syria arguing we should partner with other countries to help on the rebels to defeat assad. romney said america much take a larger, stronger rolen global politics. >> our friend and allies across the globe don't want less american leadership. >> romney criticized the obama administration for failing to declare at take on the u.s. consulate in libya a terrorist attack. >>> with his opponent surging in the polls, president obama is campaigning with new urgency.
he improved his status and pretty much everything from september from taxes, medicare, jobs, women. >> and the, the jobs including question who would handle the e kb e -- economy better. everyone's number one issue. sliding up in that arena that bodes very, very well. >> we have to wait to wednesday to get the true breadth, predebate, debate and numbers, post jobs report numbers to come out. i think that will be fleshd out. >> some analysts say joe biden is feeling the heat....
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you might want to look at the bush tax cuts. they expire in the end of the year and at the same time hundred worth of spending cuts come n part of the sequestitration cuts that you heard about. i want to put that in perspective. they are slowing into growth spend all is said and done, you will have much more going to government than you do today than in dollar terms. all that hits the fan at the same time you have tax hikes and capitol gains and etscet raand all hitting the fan at the same time. that is a big story. you know and not worried about it or you don't know and the main stream media left you in the dust. and pat buchan an is paying close attention and we always whistle past the grave yards. they say don't worry about it one of the days it may not happen. thelma and lowis may go over the cliff. >> that was a horrible movie. you say that it is more real and possible than we think. >> i think so. let's take the hypothis that barack obama. tax cuts for the millionaires and billionaires will go up to a million dollars. i do
you might want to look at the bush tax cuts. they expire in the end of the year and at the same time hundred worth of spending cuts come n part of the sequestitration cuts that you heard about. i want to put that in perspective. they are slowing into growth spend all is said and done, you will have much more going to government than you do today than in dollar terms. all that hits the fan at the same time you have tax hikes and capitol gains and etscet raand all hitting the fan at the same...
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no tax increases. no money from the general fund. [ applause ] benefits will be many. jobs obviously through the construction process, but also hundreds of permanent, well-paying new jobs. san francisco will finally have a world-class multi-purpose venue for music, artists who cannot today play in san francisco, for business and cultural event to fill a void in joe's portfolio of convention and other business coming to the city. family shows and for us, most importantly a new home back in san francisco, where the warriors started. certainly will contribute to economic growth, new tax revenue, and create a publicly accessible waterfront attraction that does not exist today. we passed a big milestone in naming our architectural team and we choose two firms that are going to be responsible for the design of this project. san francisco's acom, bill crocket is with us today. they are the most experienced arena architectural firm in the core and have been .yn 30 projects over the decade and bill personally involved with those and with the oslo-based snow heada, the lead arch
no tax increases. no money from the general fund. [ applause ] benefits will be many. jobs obviously through the construction process, but also hundreds of permanent, well-paying new jobs. san francisco will finally have a world-class multi-purpose venue for music, artists who cannot today play in san francisco, for business and cultural event to fill a void in joe's portfolio of convention and other business coming to the city. family shows and for us, most importantly a new home back in san...
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to the tax hike issue that is taxing the white house right now. you her the vice president say this. >> the middle class will make less and those making a million and more will contribute more. >> we cannot afford $800 billion going to people making a minimum a million. they do not need it. >>neil: what about the times his boss said this? >> i am ready to make sure the taxes are fought raised by a single dime on your family's first $250,000 of income. >> $250,000. >> $250,000 of income. >> $250,000. >> $250,000 of any family income . >>neil: i am confused: $250,000 or a million. my guest says this could be part of a political game for votes. >>governor huckabee: facts? who cares, $250,000, $1 million? innation is tough. this is amazing. people with a straight face who will flatout lie and tell us things they have to know are not ever close to true. is there a vat joy? if you are going to raise taxes and you frame it that you are only going after the $1 million crowd, but you are going after the $250,000 it just sounds better? >>governor huckabee:
to the tax hike issue that is taxing the white house right now. you her the vice president say this. >> the middle class will make less and those making a million and more will contribute more. >> we cannot afford $800 billion going to people making a minimum a million. they do not need it. >>neil: what about the times his boss said this? >> i am ready to make sure the taxes are fought raised by a single dime on your family's first $250,000 of income. >> $250,000....
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tax revenues jump. ronald reagan proposed sweeping tax rate reduction and the result revenues up 99%. biden: we made sure we cut taxes for the middle-class. gerri: not even close to trooper release seven taxes from obamacare ball directly on the middle class. the tax for not having health care insurance. obamacare taxed the ma in the name of flexible spending account in those to deduct from taxes. i could go on and on. joe biden scored big points claiming hedgefunds would benefit. biden: 90% of small business america make less than $250,000. others are hedge funds making $600 billion per year that counts as the small business. gerri: hedge fund? the irs says they fall within the household of the top two brackets that the administration wants to raise taxes. and more than half of americans. vice president wants to raise taxes on small business. paul ryan does not. beau biden says the plan worked anybody knows the numbers knows it is not true. the federal deficit on track to hit $1 trillion for the fourth
tax revenues jump. ronald reagan proposed sweeping tax rate reduction and the result revenues up 99%. biden: we made sure we cut taxes for the middle-class. gerri: not even close to trooper release seven taxes from obamacare ball directly on the middle class. the tax for not having health care insurance. obamacare taxed the ma in the name of flexible spending account in those to deduct from taxes. i could go on and on. joe biden scored big points claiming hedgefunds would benefit. biden: 90% of...
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. >> it is one of those tax measures on the ballot. i think it is important because it is proposed by tom star, a billionaire hedge fund management man, and someone very involved in green energy issues. this is what a lot of people say is an effort to fix loopholes for out-of-state company, requiring them to calculate their california sale's tax based on the percentage of sales they have in california. so, like this amazon that sells lots of stuff in california but is based out of california would have to pay a higher tax. that money would go to clean energy projects. >> there are two other propositions. i don't have time to get into the details too much except they repeal things. prop 34 will end the death penalty and replace it with life with no parole. >> cost. >> the cost, right. >> is that a valid representation. >> tax payers will actually get the -- it has happened. >> and proposition 36 repeals three strikes so people don't end up with some punishment for -- . >> it is just repealing it. you have to committed a invite lent crim
. >> it is one of those tax measures on the ballot. i think it is important because it is proposed by tom star, a billionaire hedge fund management man, and someone very involved in green energy issues. this is what a lot of people say is an effort to fix loopholes for out-of-state company, requiring them to calculate their california sale's tax based on the percentage of sales they have in california. so, like this amazon that sells lots of stuff in california but is based out of...
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do we deliver tax cuts? it's important that the president do this for the basic reason that people in this country know what they are voting for and if they decide against. and that's "hardball" for now. "politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >> thanks, chris, and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, no hiding from biden. for months mitt romney and paul ryan have been running from their records, hiding their extreme far right agenda behind platitudes and big promises, trying to pin them down on specifics was like trying to nail jello to the wall. but that all stopped last night. we'll talk about all of it in the show tonight, how vice president biden took the fight to paul ryan on issue after issue. on taxes, on medicare, on abortion, on their plan to privatize social security and to gut medicare. joe biden simply dismantled the romney/ryan world view. but also talk about how the right wingers are trying to make a big deal out of joe biden's smile. so what? i would have been outright lau
do we deliver tax cuts? it's important that the president do this for the basic reason that people in this country know what they are voting for and if they decide against. and that's "hardball" for now. "politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >> thanks, chris, and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, no hiding from biden. for months mitt romney and paul ryan have been running from their records, hiding their extreme far right agenda behind...
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on libya and tax, i thought that ryan had the clear edge. on entitlements and afghanistan, i thought biden scored. i would also say one thing about ryan, i was told going in that ryan was going to make this a big debate about big issues and it was only in the last 10 or 15 minutes that he made this talk about a big choice. here's where obama's going to take you, here's where he has taken you already. but on a lot of the issues, he got too far into the policy weeds and wasn't big enough. let's do a little fact checking. the biggest issue seemed to be what the vice-president had to say about libbia. let's take a clip from the debate. >> the intelligence community told us that, as they learned more facts about exactly what happened, they changed their assessment. that's why there is also an investigation headed by tom pickerring, a leading diplomat from the reagan years, who is doing an investigation to whether or not there were any lapse it's. >> martha: they wantedded more security there. >> we weren't told they wanted more security there. we
on libya and tax, i thought that ryan had the clear edge. on entitlements and afghanistan, i thought biden scored. i would also say one thing about ryan, i was told going in that ryan was going to make this a big debate about big issues and it was only in the last 10 or 15 minutes that he made this talk about a big choice. here's where obama's going to take you, here's where he has taken you already. but on a lot of the issues, he got too far into the policy weeds and wasn't big enough. let's...
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so we have to expand and once we do, it will create jobs, revenue and taxes for the city. we have a whole expansion team. it's' private-public partnership. all partnering to make this thing happen. so what is our goals? is that location has changed dram itally and to work cost-effectively to stay onbudget and deliver the project. so this is the context of where we're looking at. it's right on the lines of new central subway. there will be a moscone stop. we have three separate buildings, south opened 32 years and north opened 20 years and moscone west opened a little over ten years ago. for the study looked at that whole area and looked at the three moscone sites and the two garages, 5th and missing the and the moscone garage between folsom and howard. one of the problems with moscone center it was built basically when the neighborhood was not what it is today. and it was built kind of in independent, isolated area to almost a suburban-type building in what has been a very urban area. we market san francisco as a pedestrian-friendly city and pedestrians are not allowed to
so we have to expand and once we do, it will create jobs, revenue and taxes for the city. we have a whole expansion team. it's' private-public partnership. all partnering to make this thing happen. so what is our goals? is that location has changed dram itally and to work cost-effectively to stay onbudget and deliver the project. so this is the context of where we're looking at. it's right on the lines of new central subway. there will be a moscone stop. we have three separate buildings, south...
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the tax on the economy. six years of taxpayer dollars and 40 been spent by the government that is the worry. gerri: in your honor we maybe you a full screen of gen -- ben bernanke addis mr. bubble. has the federal reserve chairman live with the bond bubble? is the at fault? >> i believe greenspan grnspan, bernanke part of hoing, now he tries to correct the bond bubble which is the biggest. creating trillions of dollars to buy the blige interfering with the ggest market in e long term. and the day when the market decides we will not listen. gerri: gerry? gerry? [laughter] gerry? i just want to ask you the question you brought up the bond bubble. pc and individual investors buying the blinder directly. what would you say? >> parents had a great article between 50 and 70% that is the definition of a bubble to get yield you just have to realize what you get into. i am buying 23 year bonded duration if we do get a bad market this 78 or 9% will turn to dust quick. gerri: it is dangerous. >> and it is caused by the
the tax on the economy. six years of taxpayer dollars and 40 been spent by the government that is the worry. gerri: in your honor we maybe you a full screen of gen -- ben bernanke addis mr. bubble. has the federal reserve chairman live with the bond bubble? is the at fault? >> i believe greenspan grnspan, bernanke part of hoing, now he tries to correct the bond bubble which is the biggest. creating trillions of dollars to buy the blige interfering with the ggest market in e long term. and...
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taxes will have to be raised on the middle class if they succeed in their tax cut. folks, it's time to lift the burden off the middle class, not double-down on the great recession that hit them. >> that's the vice president at his first campaign event since last night's debate. there was another, let's just say intense debate going on last night but it waend biden/ryan. it was a bitter congressional race in california and it took a bizarre turn when both candidates nearly got into a fi physical fight right in front of the voters. let's take a look at this. >> that by the way with howard berman and brad sherman, two democrats in that new california system. they're running against each other in the general election for one seat in a merged district. >> crazy. >> another example of why americans are increasingly frustrated by the way our political system works or didn't work in some cases. our next guest says there's a silver lining, though, we just have to look back a century or so to find. he's the author of "the 100 greatest americans of the 0th century," a social j
taxes will have to be raised on the middle class if they succeed in their tax cut. folks, it's time to lift the burden off the middle class, not double-down on the great recession that hit them. >> that's the vice president at his first campaign event since last night's debate. there was another, let's just say intense debate going on last night but it waend biden/ryan. it was a bitter congressional race in california and it took a bizarre turn when both candidates nearly got into a fi...
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they pay more effective tax than governor romney's pays. i've had it up to here with that notion of 47%. >> reporter: congressman ryan was not afraid to fight back. >> romney is a good man. he cares about 100% of americans in this country. and with respect to that quote, i think the vp very well knows that sometimes the words don't come out of your mouth the right way. >> i always say what i mean. and so does romney. >> i know you're under a lot of duress to make up for lost ground, but i think people would be better served if we don't keep interrupting each other. >> don't take all the four minutes then. >> reporter: and that laid the ground work for the tone, with the two candidates unafraid to mix it up. >> not mathematically possible. >> it is mathematically possible. >> it has never been done before. >> it's been done a couple of times. >> it has never been -- >> lower tax rates increase growth. >> oh, now you're jack kennedy? i'm not allowed to show letters, but go on our website. he sent me two letters saying, by the way, can you sen
they pay more effective tax than governor romney's pays. i've had it up to here with that notion of 47%. >> reporter: congressman ryan was not afraid to fight back. >> romney is a good man. he cares about 100% of americans in this country. and with respect to that quote, i think the vp very well knows that sometimes the words don't come out of your mouth the right way. >> i always say what i mean. and so does romney. >> i know you're under a lot of duress to make up for...
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if the president is reelected, we know the taxes will go up. the vice-president said we will raise taxes. >> we are taking, facebook. people have strong opinions, but they are all over the lot. for example -- we'd like to hear what you think it. let's hear next from scott. >> i have expressed my disappointment with the election or with the debate to based on the two people that were discussing. i think there could have been more clarity on the rise in's park on trying to deliver -- on rye and's part on trying to deliver what he was trying to implement. i mentioned before that the joe biden side was a little bit more of a used-car salesman approach. he tried to spell out how he felt about it. he fell to rise and that could have done a lot better. i guess the democrats are thinking the, thank god the they have joe biden tonight. >> next up is a call from vee from florida. >> i really went on vice president joe biden. i just see the experience. i see the sincerity of in his response. i could feel his love for the people. with paul ryan, first of a
if the president is reelected, we know the taxes will go up. the vice-president said we will raise taxes. >> we are taking, facebook. people have strong opinions, but they are all over the lot. for example -- we'd like to hear what you think it. let's hear next from scott. >> i have expressed my disappointment with the election or with the debate to based on the two people that were discussing. i think there could have been more clarity on the rise in's park on trying to deliver --...
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and third, taxes at 17%. for perspective, last week's presidential debate ranked in at a total of 10.3 million tweets. a lot of people using twitter tonight. again, you can tweet us about what you thought about the debate. when we come back, a final thought from us on this night, a big night, the only vice-presidential debate. >> wrapping it up from here, two words we department hear tonight -- big bird. >> good point. one word i did enjoy hearing
and third, taxes at 17%. for perspective, last week's presidential debate ranked in at a total of 10.3 million tweets. a lot of people using twitter tonight. again, you can tweet us about what you thought about the debate. when we come back, a final thought from us on this night, a big night, the only vice-presidential debate. >> wrapping it up from here, two words we department hear tonight -- big bird. >> good point. one word i did enjoy hearing
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they pay more effective tax than governor romney pays in his federal income tax. i have had it up to here with this notion that 47% -- it's about time they take some responsibility here, and instead of signing pledges to grover norquist not to ask the wealthiest among us to contribute to bring back the middle class, they should be signing a pledge saying to the middle class, we're going to level the playing field. >> joe klein, that's a winning riff from my account. the way he pronounced grover norquist is the way i pronounce with a "d" in it, it's like complete disdain for anybody to sign a petition -- >> i think he won the debate at that moment. you know what distinguished that from almost everything else we see in these debates? it was real. that wasn't political talk. that wasn't focus group talk. that wasn't consultant talk. that was just joe. >> joe klein, great having you on. chris, up next. >>> tea party and berther. congressman showed up with some writing on his hands. he said he wasn't actually cheating. he hadn't washed his hands. from a previous case i
they pay more effective tax than governor romney pays in his federal income tax. i have had it up to here with this notion that 47% -- it's about time they take some responsibility here, and instead of signing pledges to grover norquist not to ask the wealthiest among us to contribute to bring back the middle class, they should be signing a pledge saying to the middle class, we're going to level the playing field. >> joe klein, that's a winning riff from my account. the way he pronounced...